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At My Roots Run Deep, we are dedicated to helping individuals connect with their past by exploring family histories and genealogical records. Our mission is to provide a platform where stories of ancestry come alive, offering insights into the lives and times of those who came before us. We believe that understanding our roots enriches our present and shapes our future, fostering a deeper appreciation for the legacies we inherit.

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Canoeing

by Athena | November 28, 2021 | Richter | 0 Comments

As a kid one of our favorite things to do was go on canoe trips with family and friends. My parents had several spots we could put in and several we could take out. How long the trip was to take determined the in and out spots on the river. We usually had at...

Trespassers

by Athena | November 21, 2021 | Richter | 0 Comments

One of my favorite places to go and walk through nature is some property we own by the river. There used to be a bridge that my children had named the Dangerous Bridge, it was old with holes working their way though the floor so that you could look down as you...

Fixing a Car (Not so conventional)

by Karla | November 28, 2020 | Richter | 0 Comments

Watching a neighbor work with a backhoe in our field trying to find an old well (that's a completely different story), I was talking to one of my dad's friends about my dad. All the things I know about fixing cars comes from my dad.... though none of it is...

Meal (the one that shaped me most?)

by Karla | November 18, 2020 | Richter | 0 Comments

I have the Becoming journal and have slowly been working on it. I was just faced with the question about the most memorable meal. Of course over time I've had lots of family meals that meant a lot to me, and I can remember getting together with friends and family....

Memories from the Table

by Karla | November 13, 2020 | Moretto Negri | 0 Comments

After moving we stored things we couldn't use in a shed until we could figure out what to do. One of those things was an antique Duncan Phyfe dining room table from my aunt Kate - my Grandmother's sister. My aunt Kate had been married twice and couldn't have children....

Too Much or Not Enough

by Karla | October 6, 2020 | Richter | 0 Comments

Every so often I wonder if I did enough or too much for my kids and I think back to how much my parents did when I was growing up. I frequently think about what my parents didn't do.... but there are things my parents did. When I was in school one of my desires was to...

The Honey Bear

by Karla | September 12, 2020 | Richter | 0 Comments

Our families first deer, Bambi, came from a man in Danville who had collected animals. He had a wild array of animals and had decided to get rid of them. I still remember going to his house and waiting in the house seeing his monkey and others while my dad went out to...

Buffalo Escape… Why have Buffalo? (Others escaped too)

by Karla | September 8, 2020 | Richter | 2 Comments

Buffalo who have escaped in the next county have been all over the news this week. A family that farms has been raising them for meat and a herd broke the fence. The school bus was driving their route and happened to come upon a herd of buffalo and alerted everyone....

Look alikes and Kindergarten….

by Karla | February 23, 2020 | Richter | 0 Comments

Hearing someone say that a whole group of people look alike and it's all DNA reminded me of kindergarten and the fun a friend and I would have swapping places. The teacher couldn't tell us apart, and we had a great time with that. We both had short brown hair and...

Grandpa McArdle

by Karla | December 4, 2019 | McArdle, Richter | 0 Comments

My grandfather Clifford McArdle (1916-1943) died young in a tragic accident. He was quite a character though! (and he came from a family of unique individuals) My grandfather McArdle lost his mother young (at 6) and was raised by his father (who was trick shooter,...

Dad’s Pocketknife

Nov 5, 2016 | activities, Richter

Growing up my dad always had a pocket knife with him. He used it for everything from cutting up fish to slicing apples right from the trees to take a bite. I have absolutely no clue how many things that pocket knife went through, but my dad would use it for...

Golf Course

Oct 8, 2016 | activities

As kids my Aunt once decided to teach us to play golf (my brother and I). She showed us how to hold a club and some of the basics... My dad, who normally didn't do a lot with us - he was always busy with the farm, decided to build us our own golf course. My dad...

1/2 an Inch?

Sep 27, 2016 | History, Richter

The house I grew up in (we moved in while I was in 2nd grade) was a house that had been built in the early 1800s and was known as the Illk house. It was the neighborhood that my family had always been in and had I'm sure been built by a person (Abraham Illk) that in...

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